Deploy NSX Manager for Workload Domains

If you have a workload domain without NSX Manager, you can add an NSX Manager cluster with NSX-VLAN networking to the workload domain using the VCF Import Tool.

When you add an NSX Manager cluster using this procedure, it uses NSX-VLAN networking, not NSX-overlay networking. VI workload domains with NSX-VLAN networking do not support:

Stretch clusters
Edge cluster
Application Virtual Networks (AVNs)
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
VMware Cloud Foundation with VMware Tanzu (Workload Management)

Avi Load Balancer is supported in VI workload domains with NSX-VLAN networking.

Prerequisites

Ensure that the install bundle for a supported version of NSX is available in SDDC Manager (Lifecycle Management > Bundle Management) or the installer zip file is available on the SDDC Manager appliance. You can download the installer zip file (bundle-124941.zip for VCF 5.2; bundle-133764.zip for VCF 5.2.1) from the Broadcom Support portal.

Identify the FQDN of the vCenter Server for the workload domain where you want to deploy NSX Manager.

The workload domain to which you are deploying NSX Manager must include a cluster with 3 or more hosts.

Procedure

Download the VCF Import Tool and copy it to the SDDC Manager appliance.

Note: Make sure to download the version of the VCF Import Tool for your version of VMware Cloud Foundation. There are different versions of the VCF Import Tool for VCF 5.2 and VCF 5.2.1.

You can skip this step is the VCF Import Tool already exists on the SDDC Manager appliance.
1. Log in to the Broadcom Support Portal and browse to My Downloads > VMware Cloud Foundation.
2. Click VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.
3. Click Drivers & Tools.
4. Click the download icon for the VCF Import Tool.
5. SSH in to the SDDC Manager appliance using the vcf user account.
6. Create a folder for import scripts.
```
mkdir /home/vcf/vcfimport
```
7. Copy vcf-brownfield-import-<version-number>.tar.gz to /home/vcf/vcfimport.
8. Navigate to the scripts directory and extract the scripts bundle.
```
cd /home/vcf/vcfimport
```
```
tar -xvf vcf-brownfield-import-<version-number>.tar.gz
```
9. Browse to the vcf-brownfield-toolset directory and run:
```
python3 vcf_brownfield.py --help
```

Create an NSX deployment spec JSON and copy it to the SDDC Manager appliance.

For example:

{
  "license_key": "AAAAA-BBBBB-CCCCC-DDDDD-EEEEE",
  "form_factor": "medium",
  "admin_password": "<password>",
  "install_bundle_path": "/nfs/vmware/vcf/nfs-mount/bundle/bundle-124941.zip",
  "cluster_ip": "172.16.11.71",
  "cluster_fqdn": "sfo-m01-nsx01.sfo.rainpole.io",
  "manager_specs": [{
    "fqdn": "sfo-m01-nsx01a.sfo.rainpole.io",
    "name": "sfo-m01-nsx01a",
    "ip_address": "172.16.11.72",
    "gateway": "172.16.11.1",
    "subnet_mask": "255.255.255.0"
  },
  {
    "fqdn": "sfo-m01-nsx01b.sfo.rainpole.io",
    "name": "sfo-m01-nsx01b",
    "ip_address": "172.16.11.73",
    "gateway": "172.16.11.1",
    "subnet_mask": "255.255.255.0"
  },
  {
    "fqdn": "sfo-m01-nsx01c.sfo.rainpole.io",
    "name": "sfo-m01-nsx01c",
    "ip_address": "172.16.11.74",
    "gateway": "172.16.11.1",
    "subnet_mask": "255.255.255.0"
  }]
}

If the NSX install bundle is already available in SDDC Manager, you can omit the "install_bundle_path".

VCF version	Required NSX install bundle
5.2	bundle-124941.zip
5.2.1	bundle-133764.zip

Run the script to deploy NSX Manager.
1. SSH in to the SDDC Manager appliance using the vcf user account.
2. Browse to the vcf-brownfield-toolset directory and run:
```
python3 vcf_brownfield.py deploy-nsx --vcenter <vcenter-server-fqdn> --nsx-deployment-spec-path <nsx-deployment-json-spec-path>
```